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by Yorkshire Andy
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:46 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 348
Views: 22511

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

Ct1 isn't silicon it's a water based panel adhesive / filler I prefer sumo https://www.protrade.co.uk/product/maxitek-sumogrip-original-adhesive-sealant-290ml/ it's much cheaper to boot.... For bathrooms and wet rooms you can't beat DowCorning now Dow 785 plus for it's anti mould properties Flat roo...
by Yorkshire Andy
Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:02 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 348
Views: 22511

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

Thank you for taking the time to do all that. I understand better now. Loving the pink hairdryer btw and beautifully staged next to the Stella :lol: Seriously though, I really appreciate it and yes, you are right I could buy a lot of gas for my various camping stoves Not a problem it's not my hair ...
by Yorkshire Andy
Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:25 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 348
Views: 22511

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

It's this one ALLPOWERS Portable Generator 288Wh Power Station Emergency Power Supply with DC/AC. It has been really good on holiday, but I would like to buy another similar one which is bigger, but have no idea how to work out what they will run and need someone to explain it to me in simple terms...
by Yorkshire Andy
Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:42 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 348
Views: 22511

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

We also have a big power bank which we use when camping to power lights and charge the laptop but although this has a 3 pin plug fitting I dont know how I can work out if this would be enough to run an electric kettle or other things. I could just have lit the wood stove and boiled the stove kettle...
by Yorkshire Andy
Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:22 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 348
Views: 22511

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

Hedges cut front and back

Lawn has had its first cut of the year just nipped the top off

All batteries now charging off the inverter solar system in the shed no more petrol to buy :mrgreen:
by Yorkshire Andy
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:57 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 348
Views: 22511

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

Serviced the wife's car at the weekend it's now got a judder :? I replaced the plugs guessing one of the ht leads didn't like being unplugged by the crack I got when I did the give them a wiggle ripping my hand to bits as I recoiled from. 50,000 volts ISH :roll: guess the insulation is breaking down...
by Yorkshire Andy
Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:30 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 348
Views: 22511

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

Postman delivered my order of foam concentrate 3x 6l refill one shot bottles of concentrate add the concentrate to 5.9l of water making 6l of AFFF IMG_20240406_222652500_MFNR.jpg Obviously for a 3l extinguisher I'd add 50ml of foam concentrate to 2950ml of water So even now if the man bans foam I've...
by Yorkshire Andy
Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:29 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Charging 12v Lithium Batteries.
Replies: 1
Views: 84

Re: Charging 12v Lithium Batteries.

You've managed to post twice no bother I'll shut this one. And leave the other open for replies

https://www.uk-preppers.co.uk/forum/vie ... hp?t=19089
by Yorkshire Andy
Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:15 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Charging 12v Lithium Batteries.
Replies: 2
Views: 119

Re: Charging 12v Lithium Batteries.

Cheap solar charger units are a fire waiting to happen by all accounts should see the heat sink on the back of my renology mppt 20 controller it's huge... Lithium iron phosphate batteries are safer than lipo as in the thermal run away isn't as violent but in the event of them overcharging due to a f...
by Yorkshire Andy
Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:07 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 348
Views: 22511

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

Got the three new solar panels mounted on the shed .. Been revising the home fire preps replaced the older extinguishers in the wife's car .. I've had a sort out and dumped / gifted half a dozen random little extinguisher out of the shed randoms that got replaced due to age / plastic brackets breaki...